The community at AyaHirano.net would like to wish Aya a happy 22nd birthday! Hope you have a good one Aya and may there be many more to come.

Aya has a new single coming out 24 April titled “Set Me Free”. You can check out the PV for it below, and it is available for preorder from CD Japan.

A concert DVD from Aya Hirano’s Riot Girl tour is coming next year. Lawson.jp has it available for preorder and has a release date listed as February 25, 2009. Also, according to hashihime, each preorder comes with a signed photo. What better way to support Aya? The DVD will retail for ¥5000, or about US$50.

Aya Hirano is set to voice a character in the upcoming Bleach movie, Fade to Black. In the video below you can see Aya talk about her character. She also mentions her favorite Bleach character is Byakuya. Unfortunately there are no subtitles.